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Transforum October 2004

This year, Transforum is celebrating its 20th anniversary in the form of aJubilee Congress which aims to highlight tradition and challenges in the fields of

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This year, Transforum is celebrating its 20th anniversary in the
form of aJubilee Congress which aims to highlight tradition and
challenges in the fields of translation and interpreting. Founded in
1984 as a forum for dialogue between theory and practice, between
the teachers and the practitioners, it is Transforum's confident
aspiration to plot the future course for the language professions in
this age of globalisation and
multilingualism.

At its 20th Jubilee Congress, to be held at the Universität des
Saarlandes in Saarbrücken on 21 and 22 October under the aegis of
the General Secretary of Transforum, Dr. W. Sturz, in addition to
representatives from the two sides, viz. theory and practice,
international guests will be presenting papers on the present
abilities of translators and interpreters and the challenges
confronting the language professions in the wake of the
current enlargement of the EU. The plenary introductory address will
be presented by Brian Fox (Head of 'Multilingualism and External
Affairs' Directorate-General Joint Interpreting and Conference
Service, European Commission (SCIC)). Another major contribution
will be made by Prof. Dr. Barbara Moser-Mercer (École de Traduction
et d'Interprétation, Geneva) on
22 10-2004. Contributions on new professional profiles will be
presented by Mary Caroll (TITELBILD Subtitling and Translation GmbH,
Berlin), Prof. Dr. Sylvia Kalina ((AIIC), Cologne University of
Applied Sciences), Manfred Schmitz (Intertext Fremdsprachendienst
e.G., Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Klaus
Schubert (Flensburg University of Applied Sciences). The role of
terminology in technical translation will be illustrated by Prof.
Dr. Peter A. Schmitt (University of Leipzig) and Prof. Dr. Klaus-
Dirk Schmitz (Cologne University of Applied Sciences). Reinhard
Hoheisel (Directorate-General for Translation, European Commission)
and Klemens Kröther ("Bundessprachenamt") will examine the
challenges of'institutional' translation. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Stoll
(Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz/Germersheim) will describe
the perspectives of new developments in the teaching of translators
and interpreters.

To round off the congress, there will be an open panel discussion on
'Globalisation and Multilingualism: Why do we (still) need
translation and interpreting services?' to place an accent on the
political dimensions of the profession in theory and practice.